Frederike Alina Reichert March 20, 2021 1:25 pm *

TASK

Hello everyone,

we have received another task from Manuela. The selected pictures of Manuela on our Miro board have to be uploaded in the right size.

>>> upload the images in 300 ppi and also they should be more or less A4 size so 210mmx297mm

(https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lUyPm6Q=/)

It would be great if you could do it as soon as possible 🙂

Have a nice weekend.

Kind regards

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Benny Leong March 15, 2021 2:48 pm

Brief Project Descriptions for Biennale 2021 Exhbition

Dear Teams,

Ms. Manuela Catania is asking for two lines of description in English for your project. Since she needs to add on the wall beside the QR CODE. Please send that to me via my email (benny.leong@polyu.edu.hk) best before the end of tomorrow (16 March, Tuesday).

Thank you much for your attention.

regards

Benny

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Benny Leong March 15, 2021 2:41 pm

Dear Project Teams,

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Benny Leong March 15, 2021 2:41 pm

Dear Project Teams,

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Benny Leong February 26, 2021 4:20 am

Needed Materials for the Biennale Exhibition

Hi Estelle and All,

Here under are the answers for your questions:

(1) Maximum 5 independent pictures/photos for each project team. Each selected picture/photo should be visually impactful and its file size should be sufficient for A4 print out. (DEADLINE: before next Wednesday, 3 March)

(2) Each project will require ONE QR code. The QR code should connect viewers to a self-running presentation – a concise version of KISD presentation. (DEADLINE: also by next Wednesday, 3 March)

(3) Based on the self-running presentation, each team need to prepare a short VIDEO seperately. Then, we need a volunteer to help to put all short videos together into ONE final video which include the following information:

—[a] the NAME of the collaboration;

—[b] Names and Logos of KISD and PolyU Design;

—[c] a short introduction + time frame of this joint intiative.

—[d] Names of design, corresponding team members and the project tutors (Philipp, Benny and Stefan).

(DEADLINE: by March 14)

(4) Each group propse one ‘representational’ scent/ spice/flavour for your project (Ms. Manuela Catania will help to purchase and prepare that in Italy). (DEADLINE: by the end of tomorrow, 27 Feb)

Hope that’s clear to you.

regards Benny

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Philipp Heidkamp February 24, 2021 9:57 pm

Miro board and material

Benny and I had a meeting with Manuela from the Biennale today and we kindly ask you to put your diaries on the Miro board as mentioned below, add the one key contact to address for the Biennale – and additionally share max. 5 photos with us where Benny and I could select 1 or 2. Those images will then be exhibited on the walls, with a QR code next to it linking to a self-running presentation (basically your KISD presentation, but shortened). In addition, we would need a volunteer to put the short sequences together, add information (KISD, PolyU, Participants, Time Frame etc) so that it is self-explanatory. It will be shown at the Biennale as well. More info on the miro…

Presentation 5 biennale 1

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Philipp Heidkamp February 22, 2021 12:59 pm

Your support needed to share material to finalize project and prepare exhibition

I just left a note on the miro board:

Please all put your Project Diaries (or links) at our presentation board. https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lUyPm6Q=/

We also opened a frame there for some more visual material we ask you to share with us so that we could prepare a short movie of the story of our project (your commensality exercises, visual impressions of your research eg in shops etc.). Task will be this week to find a way with Manuela, the curator, to best exhibit your works.

So would be awesome if you could do this as Benny and I will talk to Manuela on WED morning. Let me / us know if you have any questions!

Organisation 21

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Philipp Heidkamp February 11, 2021 10:26 am

Presentation board TODAY

To all: Marius, Estelle and I created new board: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lUyPm6Q=/

Please have a look at it and put your PDF or link to the Google presentation there as we want to share this with the audience afterwards.

Presentation 5

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Marius Kühl February 10, 2021 2:25 pm *

PRESENTATION TOMORROW

Hey guys,

as mentioned yesterday for the introduction of our presentation we need 1 image and 1 sentence that describes the outcome of each group on the miro frame called “FRIDAY PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION”.
By now we are still missing Group, 3,4 and 6. Please post your stuff asap so I can export the frame and see what you want me to say about your project in time!
Thanks.

Also here is the link for the zoom presentation room for tomorrow:
Meeting ID: 898 5376 5886
Password: 956963
https://th-koeln.zoom.us/j/89853765886

OUR PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR 13:55PM (German Time). PLEASE BE THERE AT LEAST 10 MINUTES EARLY.

For everyone that is interested, the other public presentations will already start at 11:00am (German Time).

Also we will have the opportunity to test if the breakout rooms idea is working at 10:00am. So if some of you would be there to try it with us that would be nice.

See you tomorrow! 🙂

Presentation 5

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Philipp Heidkamp February 8, 2021 3:33 pm

Next steps and meetings

Thanks again for the excellent work and presentations you made last Tuesday, I was very impressed what you achieved in the last week!

Tomorrow at 1300 (Cologne) / 2000 (HK) we will meet for max 2 hrs to clarify some final questions for the KISD internal presentation that will take place this Thursday at 1400 (Cologne). As you know, this presentation will be around 20 mins, Benny and I will briefly introduce the project context and setting and then the groups will share their outcomes. Of course we can invite the audience to go deeper into single presentations (eg on a dedicated miro board). We could also think of giving a 5 mins overview and then inviting the audience (around 100 students) to join one of the breakoutrooms (we could install 7 of them) where the groups could present longer…so this is left up to you guys, but let´s discuss your suggestion including a pre-final draft of your presentation tomorrow.

As Benny shared the “Project Diary” structure and comments with you, this would be your documentation and course report at KISD.

Benny and I would then – around next week – have a look at your submitted work, your visuals and see how this could fit into the setting of the March Biennale in Italy. We will get back to you by the end of February and have a quick meeting ob March 2 with a few of you to clarify opportunities and work to do for the Biennale contribution.

So far for today – see you guys tomorrow!

Organisation 21 Presentation 5

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The joint project will center around the challenges and opportunities of the issues of ‘changing habits during the Covid pandemic’ and ‘food value (ecological, economical, social/societal…) which we all are confronting and anticipating at the moment, and still likely to encounter in a foreseeable future.

In this international joint project, students from various cultural backgrounds (gathered from both KISD and PolyU Design HongKong) would require to team up (3-4 persons per group) and respond to the following questions with a critical, provocative design:

How relevant are local cultural heritages to the challenges of food production, waste, and safety?
How could a food preparing, cooking, or dining experience at home become enjoyable yet meaningful at the midst of (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic?
How would such experiences be conducted and promoted eco-friendly, effectively, efficiently, and economically among family members, friends
and personal social networks?
How does digitalization influence the way we prepare, enjoy, and share food/meals, and which new opportunities, practices, and habits emerge?

We will meet every Tuesday at 1200 UTC (1300 Cologne or 2000 HK) – and occasionally on some Thursdays.

Our Miro board can be found here: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_kg7u6Js=/

We meet online in zoom at http://zoom.us/j/5504004040 using the code 2020 (new!)

Here we collect all about the team … to get to know each other without physically meeting!

During our project, we have the pleasure of having external experts and expertise in some of our meetings… Feel free to suggest, dive deep into the presented expert(ise), add and contribute.

Those are John Thackara, Dolly Daou, Danielle Wilde, and Elaine Ann.

Janek Weidenbrücher September 28, 2020 5:13 pm *

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Hey there everyone! 🙂

My name is Janek, i’m 28 years old, born and raised in Cologne. I’m in the 9th semester at KISD right now. Most of my works contain ecological, sustainable and social focus. I’m in love with culture and by time it drives me crazy seeing how this planet loses it’s roots, it’s cultural heritages and diversity over e.g. industrial and economic growth. I see design as a way to keep this heritage, adapt it. You can say i’m quite “oldschool”, which doesn’t mean i’m not interested in new achievements or possibilities, but i’m always thinking about the costs and losses it takes concerning our global cultural diversity, and of course, our roots, mother nature and its finite resources. So i rather stick to real nature and what our eco-system is giving us than to computers or machines and the human-made history which is implemented to us as “nature”.

Due to my projects, i actually did quite a lot of research and experiences on food-topics over the last years. 2018 i did a project facing urban gardening and the consequences of industrial food production, including a trip to Cuba. I learned a lot about their urban gardening culture and had the feeling i tasted tomatoes and cucumbers for the first time in my life 😀 So unbelievable tasty when produced organic and without pesticides! Check it out here

I connected with local urban gardeners and got into the “slow-food” topic. 2019 i adapt this knowledge and worked on an “environment-ID” for kids, containing topics like food-miles and regional & organic growing, but also packaging and the emerging plastic-waste, re-use this trash and use for example the school yard as a space to grow goods. I think it’s very important to teach and reach! the upcoming generations on these topics. Unfortunately i did it in german, but you can check it out anyways if you like 🙂 Click me

I also joined the project “we are what we eat” in 2018 – coming up with a zine about “food & medicine”. The question i asked myself was:

Is there a way to resolve the conflict between health, culture and environmental conservation through a new interpretation of producing alternatives?

Main aspect of this zine was the fact that more and more animals facing extinction due to the “medical myths” all around their body and organ parts. It also has a lot to do with cultural beliefs and heritages. So i presented 2 designers, poineering in their fields of food design and try to safe nature through their upcoming and innovative alternatives. Check it out!

All in all i really don’t like the financial exploitation of this life-essential sector. Well, and even though I did a lot of works by now facing alternatives to this, unfortunately i don’t have an answer yet. Speaking on food crisis, everyday thousands of people starving even though we actually have enough food for every human being on this planet, and so on… I don’t really have expectations as i am totally unaware about where this project will lead us all 🙂 But i’m totally curious and full of anticipation regarding the exchange with PolyU and all of your views and thoughts on this emerging, huge global topic and issue we’re facing right now.

Oh and here you SEE me reading all this again, quite poor via selfie-camera 😀

Best and see y’all soon <3

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Philipp Heidkamp November 2, 2020 9:09 am

Cool to read what you have done and with which experience you will be able to contribute! So I would expect that you might be able to narrow down a specific question you want to frame after the first intro lectures you will hear! Good luck for teaming up now!

Marcela Mity Costa November 2, 2020 7:26 pm

Hi Janek, I loved your presentation and experiences! I would like to work on this project from a sustainable and social (and perhaps political) perspective, and I think it fits very well with you and your background. Would you like to be part of a team with me? If that approach is interesting to you, of course!
I’m in the master’s program, so with that, we would cover a criterion, and then we need to find someone from another university.
PS: If you are a PolyU design student, you are reading this and think that our interests match in this project, feel free to write me a message :))

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Brief Project Descriptions for Biennale 2021 Exhbition

Dear Project Teams,

Dear Project Teams,

Needed Materials for the Biennale Exhibition

Miro board and material

Your support needed to share material to finalize project and prepare exhibition

Presentation board TODAY

PRESENTATION TOMORROW

Next steps and meetings

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Team

Expertise

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